The BBC's MasterChef is set to make the jump across the pond as US TV channel Fox has commissioned an American version of the programme.
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, who has gained fame for the channel's US versions of Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares, will front the show and be involved as a producer.
Fox has placed an initial order of between 12 and 15 episodes.
It is the first time the format will be adapted for an American audience and follows an Australian version which premiered earlier this year.
The reality TV show will see hobby chefs from around the country audition for the series by creating a dish for three judges.
"This is a huge, nationwide search for the best amateur cook in America," the executive producer, Howard T Owens of Reveille, told Reuters.
"It's about people who are lawyers, construction workers and stay-at-home mums but whose real passion is to make great food. This is their shot to prove they have what it takes."
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